Re: TOJC

wallenar@plu.edu
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:41:12 -0800 (PST)

Water would act as an acid with the Grignard reagent and you would get:
R-MgBr + H-OH ----> R-H + MgBr-OH
instead of the Grignard reagent reacting with the CO2. Hope that helps.

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 johnstsl@plu.edu wrote:

>
> I knopw this is a stupid question but does anyone know why we had to be so
> scrupulous about keeping water out of our Grignard reaction in lab? I
> can't seem to figure this out. (Its dead week! Give me a break!)
>
> Study hard fellow students! We're almost done!!!!
>
> JOHNSTSL@PLU.EDU
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